Regulation 30 Prohibition on a distributor making available on the market a category A vessel not considered to be in conformity with essential safety requirements
Where a distributor considers or has reason to believe that a category A vessel is not in conformity with the essential safety requirements, the distributor must not make the vessel available on the market until it has been brought into conformity.
Where the vessel presents a risk to the health or safety of persons, to domestic animals or to property, the distributor must inform the following of that risk–
the importer (if there is one);
the manufacturer (if there is no importer); and
the market surveillance authority.
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).
- F3
Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.